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tremble

[trem-buhl]

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verb (used without object)

to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.

to be troubled with fear or apprehension.

(of things) to be affected with vibratory motion.

to be tremulous, as light or sound: His voice trembled.

noun

the act of trembling.

a state or fit of trembling.

trembles, (used with a singular verb)

Pathology. milk sickness.

Veterinary Pathology. a toxic condition of cattle and sheep caused by the eating of white snakeroot and characterized by muscular tremors.

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English trem(b)len (v.) < Old French trembler < Vulgar Latin *tremulāre, derivative of Latin tremulus tremulous

Related forms

trem·bling·ly, adverb

un·trem·bling, adjective

un·trem·bling·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. shudder. See shake. 3. oscillate.

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They shiver and tremble and act out to the awful imperatives of mental illness.

As the markets swing, investors tremble and trading volumes soar, stock exchanges are doing brisk.

The air, the water, the rustling reeds all tremble with feathered creatures of every shape and hue.

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They shiver and tremble and act out to the awful imperatives of mental illness.

As the markets swing, investors tremble and trading volumes soar, stock exchanges are doing brisk.

The air, the water, the rustling reeds all tremble with feathered creatures of every shape and hue.

Groves of elderly aspen tremble in the wind, but no sprouts push up in the understory.

Then when it seemed right on top of us, it did, with a shattering crash that made the earth tremble.

His hands tremble a little, but there is no age upon them.

Lawyers who defend corporations tremble to think how the new rules will tilt the playing field in their disfavour.

At other times, his body would tremble uncontrollably.

Even he, however, might tremble at the thought of what he is about to do.

As the landscape changed from brown to green the army awakened and began to tremble with eagerness at the noise of rumors.

Most fascinating is a feature that would make any journalist tremble.

Playing for himself, he makes the opposition tremble in its spikes and put their sports psychologists on speed dial.

They are reluctant to raise interest rates to prevent a bubble, but they are quick to cut rates if financial markets tremble.

Playing for himself, he makes opponents tremble in their spikes and put their sports psychologists on speed dial.

Real or imagined, the fear of a chemical weapons drop that made easterners tremble has receded.

The citizens of this country tremble at the thought that these are the people governing them.

Politicians know this and tremble lest anyone remind voters about their gullibility.

The power of the ship's rockets made the viewing stands tremble and sent waves of noise rolling across the cape.

The chilling atmosphere made one's hair stand on end and limbs tremble with fear''.

They are half transparent, you can barely see them, they tremble in the light.

It's hard to tell with this woman, whose lips restlessly tremble and twist with rage and.

Whole spans of the orchestral and choral music tremble with textural density.

As the movie goes along, its stiff upper lip quickly begins to tremble and then to flutter.

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World English Dictionary

tremble (ˈtrɛmb^əl)

—vb
1.	to vibrate with short slight movements; quiver
2.	to shake involuntarily, as with cold or fear; shiver
3.	to experience fear or anxiety

—n
4.	the act or an instance of trembling

[C14: from Old French trembler, from Medieval Latin tremulāre, from Latin tremulus quivering, from tremere to quake]

'trembling

—*adj*

'tremblingly

—*adv*

'trembly

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

tremble

c.1300, "shake from fear, cold, etc.," from O.Fr. trembler "tremble, fear" (11c.), from V.L. *tremulare (cf. It. tremolare, Sp. temblar), from L. tremulus "trembling, tremulous," from tremere "to tremble, shiver, quake," from PIE *trem- "to tremble" (cf. Gk. tremein "to shiver, tremble," Lith. trimu

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"to chase away," O.C.S. treso "to shake," Goth. þramstei "grasshopper"). A native word for this was O.E. bifian. The noun is recorded from 1609.

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